Following is the artist's obituary from the Times-Picayune of New Orleans, Louisiana dated 29 May 2011:

Marcella Jane Stevens Packard, an artist and long time resident of the New Orleans French Quarter, died Saturday, May 21st, age 86, at St. Joseph Carpenter House in Baton Rouge after a long illness. She was born December 3, 1924 in Newark, New York, daughter of Paul H. and Helen Bradley Stevens. Mrs. Packard was preceded in death by her husband Francis in 1987. She is survived by (showing 500 of 1398 characters).

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